Deepa kumar biography for kids
Deepa kumar biography for kids
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Deepa Kumar
Indian-American academic
Deepa Kumar is an Indian American scholar and activist. She is a professor of Journalism and Media Studies at Rutgers University.
Kumar has been referred to by the Media Education Foundation as “one of the nation’s foremost scholars on Islamophobia"[1] and by the New York Times as "a world-renowned scholar of Islamophobia and race."[2] She is a leader in the Rutgers faculty union, the AAUP-AFT.
When she was president, the union fought for gender and race equity, and in 2019 won a contract that AFT president, Randi Weingarten, said “will inspire higher education professionals across [the] country to fight and win their own battles to improve their lives – and the lives of others – in the streets and at the bargaining table.” [3]
Education and career
Kumar has a master's degree in Mass Communication from Bowling Green State University after earning her post-bachelor's B.S.
(Communications) from Bangalore Un